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DNA’s Death Notice

See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling

September 15, 2025

These Early Humans Walked 8 Miles for the Perfect Rock

The quest for better tools is more ancient than we thought

September 5, 2025

When the Ocean Floor Came Alive

The first map of the Atlantic seafloor revealed a dynamic world under the waves

August 19, 2025

The Tortured Paths of the Wound Man

From medical diagram to international artwork

August 18, 2025

Replacement Windows to the Soul

For millennia, artisans have been trying to capture the mystique of the human eye

August 7, 2025

The Dangers of Hot Air

What happens when we backpedal on basic science

July 28, 2025

Neanderthals Might Have Shared Family Recipes

Cave remains found in Israel point to unique, locally specific culinary practices among our ancient ancestors

July 17, 2025

How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids

And the beer that gave rise to civilizations, too.

July 9, 2025

A Hymn Lost for a Millennium

AI helped piece together clay fragments to tell a new story of Babylon

July 7, 2025

Monumental Burial Mounds Rewrite Ancient History

The colossal structures, built by hunter-gatherers, are way older than archaeologists had thought possible

July 4, 2025

A Truer Story of Native America

Pulitzer-winner Kathleen DuVal on Indigenous power in colonial times

June 4, 2025

The History Hidden in Names

Etchings in ancient Hebrew artifacts reveal nuanced social dynamics

May 19, 2025